For the second year in a row, the Woodrow Wilson Wildcat swim team is sending swimmers to the UIL Swimming & Diving State Meet. At the Region 4-5A Swimming and Diving Championships on February 5-6, 1^st place girls 200 freestyle relay team, 1^st place 100 freestyle swimmer Francesca Tissino, and 2^nd place diver Anna Scherger all qualified to compete at the state meet which will be held at the Texas Swim Center in Austin on February 19-20. Scherger becomes the first diver from Woodrow to qualify for state. The relay team consists of co-captains, Lawson Freeman and Caroline North, Noelle Martinez and Tissino. These swimmers also make up the 400 freestyle relay team which placed 2^nd at regionals.

The Wildcats continued their successful season with the girls swim team coming in 2^nd overall in the region. Tissino finished 3^rd in the 200 free, North placed 3^rd in backstroke and 4^th in the 200 IM, Freeman placed 2^nd in the 50 free and 5^th in the 100 free, Abigail Giles was 5^th in the 50 free, ClaireGustafson finished 6^th in the 500 free, and the 200 medley relay team, made up Gustafson, Macie Burgard, Lauren Smith-Morris, and Claire Agee swam to a 3^rd place finish.

The boys 200 free relay and 400 free relay teams, consisting of captain Max Sanchez, James Holmes, Brian Arnold and Thomas Burnam, earned 5^th place finishes while the boys team placed 7^th overall in the region. Other notable swims include Sanchez’ 10^th place finish in the 100 free and 14^th in the 200 free, Holmes’ 10^th in the 200 free and 14^th in the backstroke, a 5^th place finish by Arnold in the 100 breaststroke and 14^th in the 200 IM, and Burnam’s 13^th place in the 100 backstroke.

The team is coached by Brook Varner, and they will continue their 6am daily workouts until the state competition in Austin. Complete results from the Region 4-5A meet are available at http://www.woodrowwildcats.org/athletics/swimming/.